GREAT BEND - The Hays High girls’ golf team won the Great Bend Invitational by 27 strokes Tuesday at the Stoneridge Country Club. The Indians placed six in the top-10 with the top-four scores counting towards the team total in the nine hole event.
Abbie Norris was top medalists with a 39 one shot better than Katie Dinkel who finishes second. Taleia shot a 42 and placed fourth. Jaycee Oakley was seventh with a 44.
The Indians are the Western Athletic Conference champs which is determined through a compilation of each of the five school's own tournaments.
Katie Dinkel is the WAC Player of the Year and Mark Watts the WAC Coach of the Year.
Dinkel is joined on the all-conference team by Abbie Norris and Evyn Cox. Taleia McCrae, Claire Humphrey and Jaycee Oakley are honorable mention.
Great Bend Team Results
1. Hays High 165
2. Dodge City 192
3. Garden City 193
4. Great Bend 222
5. Liberal 239
Great Bend Top 10 Medalists
1. Abbie Norris-Hays High, 39
2. Katie Dinkel-Hays High, 40
3. Ryann Warren-Garden City, 42
4. Taleia McCrae-Hays High, 42
5. Ashlynn Armstrong-Dodge City, 43
6. Tiley Fry-Dodge City, 43
7. Jaycee Oakley-Hays High, 44
8. Evyn Cox-Hays High, 45
9. Emma Ortiz-Garden City, 46
10. Claire Humphrey-Hays High, 47
All-WAC Team
Katie Dinkel-Hays
High
Ryann Warren-Garden
City
Ashlynn Armstrong-Dodge City
Abbie Norris-Hays
High
Tiley Fry-Dodge
City
Evyn Cox-Hays High
Honorable Mention
Claire
Humphrey -Hays
High
Taleia McCrae-Hays High
Jaycee Oakley-Hays
High Allyson Kaiser -Great Bend Allie
Sandoval -Garden
City Emma Ortiz-Garden
City
PLAYER
OF THE YEAR: Katie Dinkel
COACH OF
THE YEAR: Mark V. Watts